Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he , that robber-bandit , that safe-cracker , that highwayman standing over there with his socks around his ankles stole it and ate it ! ’ |
| 2 | His opponents portrayed him as running away from the critical problems that the nation still confronted . |
| 3 | But the arms did not slacken , for his lips found hers and silenced the protest in a kiss so hard that she sagged , half fainting in his embrace . |
| 4 | They seemed to be paralysed as they encountered the hard wall of his chest , and his lips covered hers and met no resistance at all . |
| 5 | Perhaps his parents taught him that sounding gushy is bad . |
| 6 | The six-month-old animal fell through a hole less than two feet wide in a field at Great Burdon , Darlington and was imprisoned 12ft underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 7 | She was imprisoned 12 feet underground in a narrow chamber for a day until a man walking his dogs discovered her and called the RSPCA . |
| 8 | Two of his attackers followed him and caught him and were about to drag him back out into the street when Zeinab came down the stairs . |
| 9 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 10 | At the morning coffee-break , one of his colleagues approached him and said that he practised acupuncture , and that he would relieve his shoulder tension for him if he wished . |